Vietnam boasts a number of successful young female CEOs in both large companies and smaller concerns. Ms. Tan Thi Shu, a 32-year-old ethnic H’mong woman and single mother, has been able to turn her dream of helping her people into reality. She founded and is now … [Read more...] about Women breathing life into business dreams
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BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/5
Hydropower plant comes on line The first turbine of the A Luoi Hydropower Plant in central Thua Thien-Hue Province began supplying electricity to the national grid today. The VND3.2 trillion (US$155.5 million) plant, which has been under construction since 2007, has two … [Read more...] about BUSINESS IN BRIEF 22/5
Forgetting Thanh Phong
Vietnam grapples with the unsavory dilemma of having to close the book on a war crime to open a school. The small bus rumbling toward the south-eastern tip of Ben Tre Province was packed with fruit and farmers on a damp morning last October. On the flat peninsula that … [Read more...] about Forgetting Thanh Phong
Former F1 driver Schumacher in critical condition
FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 file photo, Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher of Germany speeds down a course in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy. Schumacher is in this Italian Alps ski resort for the yearly meeting between Ferrari … [Read more...] about Former F1 driver Schumacher in critical condition
What future for Egypt after the election?
by Chu Lan Huong Next week, the Egyptian people will go to the polls to choose a new president. This is an important election after former president Hosni Mubarak was toppled last year. However, the country is in political crisis and turmoil. In recent days, thousands of … [Read more...] about What future for Egypt after the election?